Comments on: Guest Post: Nobody Rides Bikes in Winter! Right?

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By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:16:46 +0000

I recently visited Minneapolis which has an amazing network of cycleway’s in and around the city, most of them separate from roads. The winter there is harsh with deep snow and -30 C lows. I asked if people still cycle in the winter and the answer was an emphatic yes, they even run small snow plows down the cycleway’s to keep them clear!

By: chris morahan

chris morahan — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:19:31 +0000

In reply to Chris Abbott.

Hi Chris. I did think that more granulated rain data would be interesting to look at. I have read somewhere once that early morning rain is the only rain that matters when people are choosing whether they bike or not, but I can’t find the article now. I’d be keen for you to do more analysis if you want – email me on chrismorahan (at) hotmail dot com

By: Chris Abbott

Chris Abbott — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 04:01:10 +0000

In reply to CH.

What would be really intereseting is to look at when the rain actually fell – I suspect that heavy rain in the morning would be more discouraging than the prospect of rain later…. I know from my latter commuting days this is how i behaved. Get in touch with me if you ant me to try an analyse this further.

By: CH

CH — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 06:54:53 +0000

It will be interesting to see what this winter’s numbers are like – given that cyclist numbers are on the increase, I think, and as more cycleways go in I’d expect numbers to keep rising. I bike as much as I can and am still working out how to stay driest on a bike.
I would add that there is considerable incentive to bike on wet days because the traffic congestion always seems to be much worse than on dry days. I’d love to know if there are normal traffic counts that might support that idea.